Android apps have been discovered to contain malware in its architectural design. Unknowingly for users, they install these apps on their systems, which makes sensitive information vulnerable to exploit.
Malicious ware is being input into the apps thus increasing the financial expenses victims use to neutralize them.
Android Apps With Malware
Research from Dr Web’s antivirus team affirmed the presence of malware in photo editors, video editors, keyboards, occasional cache cleaner, wallpaper app and maintenance apps with over 10 million downloads between them.
The Google Play Store was seen to contain apps with patches. These apps bypass Google’s security policy. The strategy used to exploit users is to enable malicious code from the software apps installed. The app then changes its appearance, which would discourage users to uninstall it.
However, the system is penetrated, enabling sensitive data to be collected. Ads shown from the apps convinces victims to sign up for their services to increase extra charges.
Occurrence like this can be prevented if users do not grant unnecessary permissions. Some mobile apps intends to access the system database with malware built in them. Users should be cautious of policies added with apps before accepting them.
Google play store has removed three apps from its systems to prevent users from getting them. To specifically remove these apps from devices is to eliminate this software and the packages entirely from systems.
Millions of these apps will continue to serve as a threat to their users. Packages install malicious payloads to leverage victim data. Antivirus can be established to detect apps with infected payloads or packages.
Trusting apps from a known source is not totally advisable. Malicious codes can be hidden in this site with similar appearance as the original. Users can verify legitimacy of apps by reading reviews of experiences that have used them. Reviews serve as an indicator to determine originality of apps.
